Improved hames-fastener



AUSTIN &L PERRY.

Hame Fastene'r'.

Patented Oct. 5, 1869.

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'HARRISON W. AUSTIN AND EDWIN o. PERRY, OF `POR AGE TOWNSHIP; ED N o.

PE RY, AssIGNOR TO GUY T. NAsH, .OF KALAMAZOO,"M IOHIGAN.

Letters Patcat No. 95,410, d ted' October 5, 1869.

IMPROVED HAMEs-FSTENER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that We, HARRIsoN W. AUSTIN and EDWIN, C. PERRY, of the township of Portage, in the -countyof Kalamazoo, and State of Miohigan, have invented anew and improved Hames-Fastener for Harness; and we do, hereby deolare that the following is a full and exact description thcreof, reference being had to the accompanying 'drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to that class of hames-fasteners, in which three picces are employed, which fit together, and consists in so construoting the parts that the device will look itself, as will be fully described hereinafter.

To enable others skilled'in the art to make and use our invention, We will now proceed to describe its construction and operation. l

We construct the parts of our invention, as shown at A, B, and C, in the accompanying drawings, from malleable iron or other desirablc metal, in such a manner as, when attached and Operated, they will close or shut together, forming a double look-joint, performing the object desired, as hereinafter Inorc particularly set forth.

-We construct the part A, as shown in the accompanying drawings, the desired length, and a 'little curved, with one end turned over in form of a hook, for the purpose of attaching to the 'ring in the end of the hames, as shown in the accompanying drawings, at H.

From the llook- H, just described, through the oeutre of the part A, to the other end, wecut out, leaving an opening between the two' sides thus formcd, as shown at O, in accompanying drawings. The use and purpose of this opening are to admit of the part B, hereafter described, shutting or 'closing into it in the operation of' the haInes-thstener, as hereinafter set 'orth and described.

At the opposite end from the hook H, in the part A, we make a lIole, to admit a small screw in attachiug the parts A and B, as hereaftcr set forth, as shown at S, accompanying drawings.

We construct the second part B in shape and form similar to the part A, but not quite so long nor so wide, so that it will pass between the sides of part A, forme d by the opening above specified, and shut into the same in the operation, as shown at 1%, accompanying drawings. This part we make with a similar opening to that of part A, by cutting out the Centre, as above described, but not so large. The purpose of this opening is to admit the part O, hereafter'set forth,

to close or shut into in operating the fastener, as shown at B', accompanying drawings.

At one end, as shown at (l, we make an angle-joiut, turning it up short, for the purpose and to form a more perfeot and convenient hinge or joint, in attaching to the part 0,. as her'eafter described.

At given distan ces along through the sides we make holes, as shown at ]b h', &c., the purpose and use of which are to lengthen'or shorten the hames-fastencr, as found necessary in operating, by means of shifting the part A on to part B, with the screw S, as shown 'in accompanying drawings y At the other end We make a thumb-piece, pro ecting out at an angle with the part B, as 'shown at P, the use and purpose of which are to more `conveniently handle the hames-fastener, in its operation and worklll Dhe third part, C, we construct as shown in accompanying drawing, in shapeand form to fit and shutinside the opening of part B, as above described in the operation.

At one end, turned up to an angle corresponding to that in part B, as shown at d, and at the opposite end we construct a hook, as shown at H', like that as shown at H, on part A, the purpose of which is to.catc-hin'to the end of the other hames in operating the fastener.

Between the two ends of the part O, just described, we make sufiiciently small and narrow to conform to the Opening, into which it closes in working the fastener, as shown at m, accompanying drawings; and

\Ve attach the parts B and C by a rivet at (l, form' ing an angle-joint, and the part A on the part B, at. one of the holes h. 7b', &c, as desired, by means of the screw S, as shown in the accompanying drawings. Fasten one of the hooks H and 1-1' into the ring on theend of one of the hames, so that When closing the parts together in the operation, as above 'specified, the flange projection n will come in contact with the collar. Then, drawing out the parts of the fastener bya slight pull on the thunlb-piece P, the length is extended, and we then catch the other hook, as above "specified, into the ring on the end of the other hames.

Pull on the thumb-piece P, andthe objeot desired is accomplished, viz, the part O shuts into the part B, and that into the part A, in their respective places, holding tightly and firmly the hames, Without danger of coming apart themselves in using, for' the reason that when in operation, the strain from the hames comes upon the parts of the fastener inside of its t The object of this projeoton just Centre that is next the eollar; and the tendeocy is, When the `parts are closed ou to the hames, to draw up and tighten, rather .than draw down and unfasten.

This is an advantage gained over other deviees designed for the same purpose, to wit, in its being perfectly safe and reliable, and also in its shutting Or closing together, making it more convenient and practical. The operation of unfastening our hamesiastener, is simply by a slight pull on the projeetion P, till the strain comes on the parts outside, rather than insde the eent1'e,as above described, when it immediately lengthens and relieves itself, leaving the hames free.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent, 18-- The bar O, provided With the ridge m, when so al" ranged as to Shut into the slotted bar B, and, in connection With the latter, to Swing its inner endthrough the bal` A, and, moving inside the line of draught, thus make itself Self-looking, the whole being constructed and arranged as described.

. HABRISON W. AUSTIN.

Witnesses: EDWIN C. PERRY.

' O. T. TUTHIL'B,

GUY T. NASH. 

